ENTERTAINMENTS

Feilding Star, Volume 8, Issue 2399, 8 April 1931, Page 4

ENTERTAINMENTS

“BIG PARTY” AT TIVOLI Now York, from river to river, serves as the background for a surprising amount of t-nicrtainmem in “The Big Party” at the Tivoli 10nighi. In its swift and amusing progress the film moves from cheap stores 40 üßra-modiste’s establishments, from dingy tenements lo the most luxurious apartments, from florin d’hote cafes to flittering night v’lubs, while the roanee of the slangy, lovable shop girl and her window trimming box friend is carried our to complete satisfaction. John Blystone, the director, of “The Sky Hawk” and “Mother Knows Be si,” has again scored with his sympathetic and human treatment of his characters and his deft telling ol his story against its kaleidoscopic settings. Dixie I.ee, whose blonde beauty won her general approbation in “Why Leave Dome?” and “Let’s Go Places,” gives ‘ a splendid performance in •his, her first leading role. Sue Carol and Walter Catlett are splendid in the other featured parts. The supporting cast is headed by such favourites as “Whispering” Jack Smith, Frank Albertson, and Richard Keene. Douga? Gilmore, Ilka Chase, Charles Judols, Elizabeth Patterson and Dorothy Brown also enact roles. Catlett and Judels are especially funny as the two bickering and wife-dodging partners and TTarlan Thompson’s story and dialogue are clever and entertaining. The song numbers, particularly “Bluo.r Than Blue Over You” and J T’m Climbing Up a Rainbow,” are catchy and are already becoming: popular. BTC. NEAYs AND HOOT GTBSON AT MAJESTIC This provides thrilling entertainment. Two big films at the Majestic to-n.ght, one a newspaper story and the other a Western. ‘Big New s” might, we’l He «leseri)»ed as one hectic- day in a newspaper office. With a tune lapse of only 12 hours, th stmy is crammed w tii thrills. No-r are they hung on loosely, hut develop© as part of a logical plot which deals w ith th effort of .a reporter on a big metropolitan daily. Robert Armstrong has the featured role Steve Bank*, who has plenty of personal pce-hiillo* as well a* a keen nose for news. The comb.nation of geniality with a light touch of cynicism which have helped Boh along the road to lame n former pictures have plenty of scope. He was a star reporter, discharged from his paper for drun-kfimr-.s and after the argument with liis editor. th c old man was found murdered! Wa* Sieve Banks guilty? Where did Reno, the smooth liootleg- ■ ger, come in? And did Air* Banks, beautiful reporter on a rival paper, mean to s.tfrk by her word to get divorce from her husband? HootGibson rides his horse into some ol the most thrilling situations ever sogn and heard on the screen in “The Mounted Si ranger,” all talking action picture, the second attraction offering. R ding, fighting, romance and humour are featured from the word go. Root Gibson 1 returns to his old stamping ground, down along the border, w here men ride hard and fight hard, and life holds a thr?ll a minute. Hoot, pV»ys the part of a vouiig cowboy who sets out to avenge tlio death Of his faihet, murdered hv a saner of had men. How lio acroTtiphshos this, a idl’d by a beautiful ,-ri r ! makes one of the most interesting and exciting pictures. To-mor-row night: Victor Mcl.aglen in “A Devil with Women.”